Samuel elisha smith



(No Model.)

S. E. SMITH.

GHANGEABLE BUTTON. I No. 338,111. Patented Mar. 16, 1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL ELISHA SMITH, OF. BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

CHANGEABLE BUTTON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 338,111, dated March16, 1886.

Application filed April 11. 1885.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, SAMUEL ELISHA SMITH, a citizen of the United States,residing at the city of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State ofNew York, have invented a new and useful Changeable Button, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to a changeable button; and the novelty consists inthe construction, arrangement, and adaptation of parts, as will be morefully hereinafter set forth, and specifically pointed out in the claim.

The essential object of the invention is to provide a two-part button,one part of which is permanent and of a character which will serveappropriately with ordinary apparel as a citizens dressan'd the otherpart of which shall be susceptible of being readily applied and removedat will, and shall be an insignia of rank or occupation as conductorforarailroad corporation, State militia, police.

In what I esteem the best manner of carrying out the invention thepermanent button is secured to the garment, and is of ordinaryconstruction, except that it has a recess in which is received thelocking-arm ofthechangeable part. Thelatter has a lip,which engagesunder the edge of the permanent button, and opposite such lip has anarm,which is sprung or bent into this recess.

The accompanying drawings form a part of the specification.

Figure 1 is in two parts, showing the front and back face of the shellor changeable part. Fig. 2 is aback View of the permanent button. Fig. 3is a side elevation of the shell. Fig. 4 is a transverse section of thepermanent button. Fig. 5 is a central crosssection of the button andshell secured together.

Serial No. 161,972. (No model.)

In practice the lip c is first passed over the edge of the buttonopposite the recess 1). The shell is then brought down upon the button,and the arm 0 is looked under the edge of the button upon the side inwhich the recess b is located. The arm 0 is first passed through therecess, and the shell then given a partial turn in either direction,which will bring the arm a under the edge of the button and lock theparts together.

To remove the shell, it is only necessary to again partially turn oroscillate it upon the button until the arm a will pass through therecess 12 and allow the readydisengagement of the shell from the button.

What I claim as new is- The combination, with the button A, havingrecess 1), as described, of the shell 0, having lip c, and arm 0, theshell being arranged to be oscillated upon the button, for the purposesset forth.

SAMUEL ELISHA SMITH.

Vitn esses:

HORACE E. STILLMAN, ALFRED W. RUSTIN.

